By Connor Payne Inherited controls from a cloud service provider such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure include physical and environmental controls that a customer fully inherits from the provider. In general terms, shared responsibility means that the cloud service provider is responsible for the security of the cloud while the customer is [...]
By Greg Kent, Senior Vice President, CTO FedRAMP has control baselines for low, moderate, and high impact systems. The appropriate baseline, and therefore the particular control requirements that apply, depend on the system impact level or categorization. The FedRAMP impact level or categorization of a system is determined by formal process defined by FIPS Publication [...]
By Les Buday, Managing Director “Streamlined. Flexible. Secure.” This is the tagline listed on the CMMC website managed by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) Acquisition & Sustainment (A&S). On this website you can find all of the information regarding the newly redefined Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. More commonly referred to as [...]
By Greg Kent, Senior Vice President, CTO NIST SP 800-53 is a catalog of security and privacy controls designed to protect US federal information systems and organizations from cybersecurity risks. Addressing the requirements stated in the NIST 800-53 Rev 5 controls requires organizations to improve their cybersecurity, a top priority for passage of the [...]
By Greg Kent “Follow the CUI.” That is the standard practice that DoD contractors follow to determine exactly what system components and networks are within the scope boundary for Level 3 Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance. Any system, network, or component that is used to store, process, transmit, or secure CUI should be included [...]
By Tobias McCurry Although remote access into corporate networks isn’t new, such widespread, continuous use of remote access is. Organizations very early on identified capacity issues, but some legacy security risks in remote access solutions may be exacerbated by the extensive use of remote access under a widespread work from home scenario. Accordingly, it may [...]
By Josh Griswell One approach that contractors can take in approaching CMMC is including all of their infrastructure within the scope boundary for a CMMC certification. This means that all of the company’s components and devices would have to follow the processes and practices required by CMMC. The larger the company’s environment, the more complex [...]
June 9, 2021 The Department of Education (DoED) has selected a team that includes SecureIT for their Cybersecurity and Privacy Support Services (CPSS) contract program. We look forward to working alongside our partners and providing our security, risk and audit expertise to address DoED's cybersecurity health and compliance requirements.
By Greg Kent Many organizations leverage control points specifically architected into their on-premise infrastructure to enforce security policies. When employees work from home, their computers may not access the corporate IT infrastructure, which bypasses these on-prem controls. Consider, for example, an organization that controls the websites that employee laptops can access by routing outbound web [...]
SecureIT is proud to announce its status as a StateRAMP Approved Assessor. StateRAMP was developed with procurement and IT officials in mind – to bridge the gap between the two offices and provide a framework of cybersecurity standards for government contractors. All too often procurement officials are challenged with procuring the best cloud services and software for the lowest price, without the [...]
